Growing up in Peru, Diego Gutierrez, a graduate student at Colorado State University, formed a deep connection to agriculture. His grandmother owned a potato farm in the Peruvian highlands, and his father worked at a facility that processed the country’s sought-after coffee beans. Those close ties meant that Gutierrez also learned early on about the disastrous impact an uncontrolled plant disease can have on a crop and a community.
Researchers find new wheat disease
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Colorado State University doctoral student Diego Gutierrez works in a College of Agricultural Sciences lab run by assistant professor Robyn Roberts.
Wheat plants grow in the Robyn Roberts lab at Colorado State University.
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